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Oh, the agony! James Dashner’s The Maze Runner stared at me for three days before I was allowed to read it. It was finally my turn at the library, so I picked it up – but because it was part of my “2015 TBR Pile Challenge,” I couldn’t start it until the new year! This YA dystopian story has a unique premise: teenage boys have been sent one by one to an area where necessities are provided for them and they govern themselves, but they’re not only surrounded by a maze with deadly creatures, their memories have been wiped and they know nothing about their past except their names. Runners are sent out daily to explore the maze (which keeps changing) to find a way out. The first third of the book actually felt a bit slow to me. It’s not as tightly written as The Hunger Games and I … Continue reading →

I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Shrilugh, by Myndi Shafer this weekend. Not for the possibility of a book review (I only review books I like, and there was no guarantee I’d like it enough), but because Myndi is a blogging buddy. She offered and I accepted. And then the problems began. I started it Saturday when chores and homework were mostly done. I was still reading it in the car on the way up to visit the grandbaby. I kept reading it late that night, which meant I didn’t get my Primary lesson done for church the next day, and the kitchen remained a wreck. I read in snatches on a busy Sunday, and then finished it on Monday instead of working on my own novel. But hey, at least I got my Shakespeare assignment done first! So . . . Shrilugh (pronounced shree-loo) has … Continue reading →